Tie tack assemblies



Dec. 12, 1967 c. M. EIBEN I 3,357,063 I TIE TACK ASSEMBLIES Filed May21, 1965 INVENTOR C sper Melvin Eiben QEE/W? United States Patent O3,357,063 TIE TACK ASSEMBLIES Casper Melvin Eiben, 124 Dutch Lane,Pittsburgh, Pa. 15236 Filed May 21, 1965, Ser. No. 457,650 2 Claims.(Cl. 24-49) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A tie tack having an ornamentalmember on a pin passing through the tie, and an opening in the pinreceiving a releasable ring on a flexible connecting means attachable toa buttonhole of a wearers shirt.

This invention relates to tie tacks and particularly to a tie tackincluding a safety assembly which prevents loss of the decorative tietack assembly.

Tie tacks have been used to hold neckties in place for many years. Oneof the problems that has faced this particular art is the loss of thepin or decorative part of the tie tack. In order to overcome thisproblem, various types of so-called clutches have been proposed. Forexample, Patents 1,145,726, 1,281,844, 1,358,465, 1,442,824, 2,500,-114, 2,948,936 all show various forms of friction clutch assemblies forholding a tie pin or tack in place. The difficulty with these clutcheshas been that they weaken on use or are not firmly placed and as aresult slide 01? the pin, permitting it to be lost.

I have invented a tie tack assembly which overcomes these problems. In apreferred embodiment of my invention, I provide an ornamental memberadapted to overlie a portion of the face of the necktie and having a pinwith a point to pass rearwardly through the necktie, a diametric openingthrough said pin spaced rearwardly from said ornamental member adistance substantially equal to the thickness of a necktie, a releasablering member passing through said opening, flexible connecting meansengaging said ring at one end and having a toggle member at the otherend adapted to engage a buttonhole. Preferably, I also provide africtionally engageable member releasably engaging the pin rearwardly ofthe opening and overlying a portion of the rear face of the tie.

In the foregoing general description of my invention, I have set outcertain objects, advantages and purposes of my invention. Other objects,purposes and advantages of this invention will be apparent from aconsideration of the following description and the accompanying drawingin which:

FIGURE 1 is an exploded isometric view of a tie tack according to myinvention; and

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of the tie tack of FIG- URE 1 assembled ina necktie.

Referring to the drawing, I have illustrated a decorative or ornamentalmember 10 adapted to overlie a portion of the face of a necktie 11. Theornamental member 10 is fixed to one end of a pin 12, the other end ofwhich is provided with a point 13. An opening 14, similar to a needleeye is provided rearwardly spaced from ornamental member 10 a distancesubstantially equalling the thickness of the necktie. A spring ring 15having an openable spring loaded tongue portion 16 is adapted to beengaged through the opening 14. Chain 17 is fixed at one end to the ring15 and at the opposite end is provided with a toggle bar 18 adapted toslidably fit through a buttonhole 19 of a shirt 20. Preferably, afriction clutch 21 of well known form is slidable onto the end of pin 12to a point adjacent opening 14 to provide added safety and balance tothe assembly. A flange eye 22 may be provided on the periphery of clutch21 to be engaged by the spring ring 15 as an alternative single safetymeans.

In the foregoing specification and in the accompanying drawing, I haveset out a preferred embodiment of my invention. It will be understood,however, that this invention may be otherwise embodied within the scopeof the following claims.

I claim:

1. A tie tack comprising an ornamental member adapted to overlie aportion of the face of a necktie and having a pin with a point to passrearwardly through the necktie, a diametric opening through said pinspaced rearwardly from said ornamental member a distance substantiallyequal to the thickness of a necktie, a releasable ring member passingthrough said opening, and flexible connecting means engaging said ringat one end and having a toggle bar clothing engaging member at theopposite end.

2. A tie tack as claimed in claim 1 having friction clutch meansreleasably frictionally engaging said pin rearwardly of the opening.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 526,746 10/1894 Ruffner 24-1552,948,936 8/1960 Winthrop 24-49 FOREIGN PATENTS 34,070 8/ 1908 Austria.

491 1881 Great Britain. 8,065 1900 Great Britain.

WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner.

E. SIMONSEN, Assistant Examiner.

1. A TIE TACK COMPRISING AN ORNAMENTAL MEMBER ADAPTED TO OVERLIE APORTION OF THE FACE OF A NECKTIE AND HAVING A PIN WITH A POINT TO PASSREARWARDLY THROUGH THE NECKTIE, A DIAMETRIC OPENING THROUGH SAID PINSPACED REARWARDLY FROM SAID ORNAMENTAL MEMBER A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLYEQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF A NECKTIE, A RELEASABLE RING